Who am I?

I’m Marcin Zarzeczny, a licensed Chubbuck Technique teacher for Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, trained for two years by Ivana Chubbuck at her Chubbuck Studio in Los Angeles. I’m also a theater and film actor, theater scholar, and instructor.

I graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Dramatic Arts, the State Acting School at the Stefan Jaracz Theater in Olsztyn, and the First-Level Music Studies in Kraśnik. I participated in Gary Condes’ masterclass Scene Study in London. Between 2015–2019, I was a resident actor at the Polish Theater in Szczecin, and I’ve collaborated with theaters including Warsaw’s Teatr Komedia, Krakow’s Teatr Komedia, Teatr Jaracza in Olsztyn, Teatr Dramatyczny in Wałbrzych, Teatr Ludowy in Krakow, as well as Warsaw’s Capitol, Na Woli, Wytwórnia, and Laboratorium Dramatu.

I am the author of the acclaimed solo play Confessions of an Unemployed Actor, performed over 100 times in Poland, India, Germany, Iceland, and Iran. My writing has also been published in U.S. literary magazines, including Thought Notebook.

Currently, you can see me in the British series Out There (as part of the main cast) and the American series The Agency on Skyshowtime. I am represented by Amazon Artist Management (London, UK) and McGuffin Management (Santa Monica, California), Abewu in Warsaw.

To confirm your spot:

• Send us a YouTube link with a short self-introduction, your phone number, and a brief note about yourself.

• Make the payment:

  • For regular classes in Warsaw: tuition payment required

  • For two-day workshops: full payment within three days of registration

Bank details: Centrum Rozwoju Artystycznego Marcin Zarzeczny mBank: 25 1140 2004 0000 3202 7799 5413 Reference: “Chubbuck / ENG/ month”

After completing the transfer, please email chubbuck@zarzeczny.eu with:

• confirmation of your reservation

• your phone number

• a maximum 2-minute video introduction

Cancellation policy: Free cancellation is possible up to two weeks before the workshop begins.

Reservations are valid for three days. Payment and confirmation must be submitted within this period; otherwise, the reservation will expire.

The Process of Creating a Role

The Chubbuck Technique CRASH

September 10-11, WARSAW

Enrollment for

The five-month Chubbuck course

Starts on October 7, 2025

Intended for professional actors, drama school students, and non-professional actors ready to work with deep emotions.

Non-professional actors are asked to prepare a self-tape with a monologue. Applications will be considered based on this material.

Here are excerpts from my work using the Chubbuck Technique at The Agency (Paramount+, SkyShowtime)

Why do all this?

Because the deeper your toolbox, the stronger your roles — the ones that grab hearts and stay with people. If you love creating characters like that, or want to, this workshop will give you the tools I use every day in my own work. Tools that have served me brilliantly.

When I played Alexei Orekhov in The Agency, I pushed myself to go as far as possible — to make him truly three-dimensional, to stand fully inside the heavy, dramatic truth of his story. The payoff was real: I received incredible feedback from the crew, glowing reviews not only in Poland, but also in the UK’s The Telegraph and New York’s The Wall Street Journal.

Then things snowballed — filmmakers from New York offered me a lead role in a short film, and a U.S. manager reached out with an offer of representation in the American market.

Was it only the Chubbuck Technique that got me there? No. But it was absolutely half the success — the other half was mindset and belief work.

CHUBBUCK TECHNIQUE 5-month acting workshop starting October 7

Main Objective / Scene Objective / Substitution / Beats & Actions / Doings / Excercises (drugs, parenting, being pregnant and many more)

Tuesdays, training Time: 16:00–20:00

Registration deadline: until September 27, 2025 

Standard price: 650 PLN 

Acting students: 50 PLN discount (not applicable to early bird)

Observer fee: 200 PLN monthly

Venue: Studio Mana Nowolipie

Spots: 10. Workshops will run with a minimum of 6 participants.   

*Participation in the two-day crash workshop is required before the five-month course, so you can get familiar with the fundamentals of the technique.

WARSAW CHUBBUCK TECHNIQUE CRASH

Main Objective / Scene Objective / Substitution / Beats & Actions 

September 10-11

Approx. 12 hours of training Time: 15:00–21:00

Registration deadline: September 1

Early bird: 440 PLN until August 20, 2025 

Standard price: 540 PLN from August 21

Acting students: 50 PLN discount (not applicable to early bird)

Observer fee: 200 PLN

Venue: Studio Mana Nowolipie

Spots: 10. Workshops will run with a minimum of 6 participants.   

Róbmy fajne role